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Nice one!
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Thanks. Big fan of this draft, and I'm interested to see what everyone's final rosters look like. Was very pleased to be able to get The Divine Comedy in the second round, as I almost took it in the first.
'course, I almost took The Dark Tower series as a first-round risk (though not nearly as much of a risk on King as what came just afterwards). Glad to see The Waste Land getting early props. |
02-24-2008, 10:33 AM | #253 |
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let me see if I can get my pick in before my workout. If not it'll be after
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02-24-2008, 10:39 AM | #254 |
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My knowledge and depth of the History genre is probably comparable to your knowledge and expertise in Poetry. But my interest in poetry and to some extent, short stories and scifi, is about the same as QuikSand's interest in Maximum Football. Unlike the Music, Football HOF and Dates drafts, I am lacking breadth here. For some voters, it is a popularity contest, as well as those that would rather drop out of college than be forced to take Engliish Lit. |
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02-24-2008, 11:37 AM | #256 |
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Interesting, DT. I never would've even thought of that.
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DAMN! I was going to pick this up in the third round, I was debating whether fiction or non-fiction would be better for it. Great, great pick. EDIT: Now I feel far more comfortable with my pick of The Iliad in the first round. Last edited by Warhammer : 02-24-2008 at 11:58 AM. |
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Yep, the Iliad is a goodie, Warhammer...definite first round choice.
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For me it wasn't so much that as it was getting off my draft strategy. I really didn't think anyone was going to take Asimov ahead of me. That threw me off because the rest of my picks were not really first rounders. Its good to see that the poems I planned on getting next round came off the board, so I feel better about getting the Iliad in the first. |
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Getting ready to leave in about 15 mins. Will make my pick as soon as Warhammer makes his. If it's after that, then lordscarlet has my list.
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Fiction - 1.4 Hamlet, by William Shakespeare
Single Short Story Poem Fantasy/Science Fiction Series Sport Related Children's Non-Fiction Biography/Autobiography History - 2.7 The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne Frank
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My bad. For some reason I mixed up the order and assumed I was picking 8th in this round, but that's not until next round.
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Correct, which is precisely why I asked the question, because I had something lined up for History in the 3rd round if Historical Fiction was permissible. Since it's not, I have to do some re-thinking.
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thanks. I figured there was a value-add in selecting an autobiography by such a great thinker versus a traditional biography (however well-written) of someone famous. Or an autobiography by someone semi-famous. |
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dola and it was pretty much my top-pick. Figured i'd get the two areas where there may be less depth out of the way first. I'm confident I can add value in the other rounds and explain my choices to the voters. |
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Edit: OK, I see it on page five of this thread. I checked the various rules threads but missed the clarification post. I had assumed the category would include historical novels, since to be honest I'm not sure how it ends up being distinct from the non-fiction category otherwise. In any case, I guess I'm stuck with it.
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My reading of the rules is that you can still make another pick, but you can't pick something that someone else has picked after you. I certainly wouldn't object to you making another pick and I hope no one else would.
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I agree. He can make another pick (don't think anyone else has gone since then), or if he wants, can re-categorize for sure.
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Yeah, I'd say he can make another pick or re-categorize it.
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As a casual observer I think people are making way to many obscure picks that could be had in much later rounds.
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Scifi, poem, series, etc can all be fiction as well, but there is a fiction category. I just made 2 generic fiction/non-fiction categories in addition to history. Darwin, for instance, is non-fiction without being history. I apologize again if the rules were unclear on the history category, it was a bad assumption by me that it would be assumed to be non-fiction history (particularly as it is grouped with non-fiction and biography in the list). You are more than to change or recategorized the selection because the category was not clear.
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OK, pick edited. Took Anne Frank in the History category instead. Dickens is back in play.
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Nice pick, though if it were me, I'd have slotted it in the Autobio/Bio section.
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To me it is a bit different when someone thought the category was fiction and non-fiction but it was only for non-fiction. That was a poor statement of the rules, not a poor placement of categories based on his own reasonings.
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i'm thinking this was a one-time only thing b/c maple leafs didn't see the earlier ruling. I mean really it's essentially just re-picking but picking a different category and the same work. |
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st.cronin sent me a list.. give me a few moments
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st.cronin's 2.8 pick is: 1984, George Orwell, sci-fi/fantasy
cartman is on the clock!
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I understand. My reaction is based on a fair amount of people that could not separate fiction from non-fiction in regards to history. How many people do you think believe that Dickens or Shakespeare or Homer was actually historical works?
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amazing that Dickens and Orwell fell to round 2
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My pick at 2.9 will go into the Fantasy/Sci-Fi category. This book is considered by many to be one of the most influential fantasy titles of all time. My pick is:
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll cartman's list: 1. Fiction 2. Single Short Story 3. Poem 4. Fantasy/Science Fiction - 2.9 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) - 1.2: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), J.R.R. Tolkein 6. Sport Related 7. Children's 8. Non-Fiction 9. Biography/Autobiography 10. History
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Very nice pick again, cartman.
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CR, I see you are reading the thread, and you are up.
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*rubs my hands in glee* my next pick is going to be fun!
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cartman, excellent pick. That wasn't even on my radar (but it should have been).
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This is getting to be a very difficult contest already. And it's not about finding the choices. There are tons of deserving choices. It is in picking the right ones. And I am certain that in picking one, I will lose the chance to pick many others as the draft goes on. This one came down to Dickens' importance to the English literature. It's arguable what is his most well-known work, but this would be among them. And none can question that Dickens' novella redefined the Christmas myth. An assist to MapleLeafs for switching to the The Diary of Anne Frank
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I selected this next one not only because of its influence on American thinking and writing, but because it was a key influence to the philosophies of Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr., two of the greatest men who ever lived. The placement of this book was much more difficult. I originally looked to nonfiction, but I decided that field was far too strong if I could place Walden eslewhere. I feel this is autobiographical (well, it is, even if it doesn't treat Thoreau's life as a whole to that point--and that can be argued as well), and is a good selection to slot into a more difficult to fill category.
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Nice pick by cartman.
Interesting pick on A Christmas Carol. Not sure I'd count it as a short story. |
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Chief, you have absolutely nailed the Short Story. Well done.
In readin Sab's comment, it could work as Poem but I like it better here though since it has been read as a short story for generations. Last edited by Buccaneer : 02-24-2008 at 04:52 PM. |
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Nice pick, CR. I think I'd prefer to see it in Non-Fiction as it's more of a philosophical treatise and reflection on nature than an autobiography, but still a thoughtful choice.
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For my next pick, I'm going to take a work from one of the great American authors. Edgar Allan Poe released many great works, and it was difficult to chose only one. "The Raven" would be a worthy choice for poem, but I felt that I needed to choose one of his short stories. "Tell-Tale Heart", "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Pit and the Pendulum" all could be solid choices for this list. However, I'm going to go with:
The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe cartman's list: 1. Fiction 2. Single Short Story - 3.2 The Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe 3. Poem 4. Fantasy/Science Fiction - 2.9 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll 5. Series (A set of books continuing the same story and intended to be read sequentially) - 1.2: The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King), J.R.R. Tolkein 6. Sport Related 7. Children's 8. Non-Fiction 9. Biography/Autobiography 10. History
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A Poem? I think A Christmas Carol is just a bit too long to be considered a "short story" is all. |
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I knew it was a stretch. But I really feel autobiography/biography is a very difficult section to fill (perhaps the most difficult), and it was a way for me to get two of the best nonfiction books into the same list (assuming I get a really good one for that category, and I should).
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